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global scale; worldwide scale

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secret society

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obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction

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(United States of) America; United States; US; America (land mass); the Americas

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strategy; tactics

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base (military, expedition, etc.)

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Christianity

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science fiction; sci-fi; SF

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magical power; mystical force

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midwife

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Coutaud

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charm; incantation; spell; curse

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adventure; venture; venture which is unlikely to succeed; risky attempt; danger

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to make war (on); to wage war (against); to compete (against); to struggle (against adversities, etc.); to fight

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to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to

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unmarried; not yet married

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heir; inheritor; successor

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disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding

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eunuch

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super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than

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competent in all fields; jack of all trades; very active in many fields; versatile; all-round; (lit.) 8 faces and 6 arms

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unheard-of; unprecedented

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to shake; to tremble; to sway; to be unsettled; to be unstable; to fluctuate

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modernization; modernisation

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closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final

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background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)

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turning (a comic, novel, etc.) into a serialized TV-show; dramatization

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making (book, etc.) into film; making a screen version; adapting for the screen

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The Tempest (play by Shakespeare, sonata by Beethoven)

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supplementary biography; anecdote; side story; spin-off

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planting a field with the same crop each year; repeated cultivation; collaborative literary work; story made up by several writers working on it in turn; series (of novels); cycle (of poems, songs)

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short (e.g. story, film)

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debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh

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historical event; ancient event; tradition; folklore; legend

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to go upstream; to go back (in time, to origin); to date back to; to trace back to

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interview (i.e. television, newspaper, etc.)

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opportunity; chance; folding; fold; small food box (wooden or cardboard); folding in ... (two, three, etc.); counter for folded items

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type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing

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novelist; fiction writer

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speed (per hour)

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blazing fastball

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backstop; back screen

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to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in

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to fall flat; to collapse in a heap

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to continue writing

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intimacy; familiarity; closeness

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title

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novel; (short) story

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quality

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Revelation (book of the Bible); the Apocalypse

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